CVE-2014-8608

Exp

The K7Sentry.sys kernel mode driver (aka K7AV Sentry Device Driver) before 12.8.0.119, as used in multiple K7 Computing products, allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) as demonstrated by a filename containing "crashme$$".

Published: 2014-12-12 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-8608 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.47%). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2014-8608

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-8608

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.07% 0.47% +0.39%
2 2025-04-08 0.15% 0.07% -0.08%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.15% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-8608

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.9 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 3.9 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-8608

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2014-8608

Comment: <a href="http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html">CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference</a>

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-8608

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
k7computing k7av_sentry_device_driver <= 12.8.0.118 cpe:2.3:a:k7computing:k7av_sentry_device_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-8608

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